Save the date! The second annual Merion Friends Meeting History Festival with be Saturday, May 19, 2018, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm!

Join us as we explore the lives of Quakers
in 1820-1860 in Merion, PA
There will be historic exhibits for the
adults,
plenty of fun for the kids, and food for
everyone.

Meeting House Tours

See
inside the region’s oldest Quaker Meeting House,
built in 1695. Hear how Welsh settlers chose and
constructed the meetinghouse and how preservation
continues today.

Burying Ground Tours

Visit
Merion Friends Meeting's historic burying ground and
hear how our oldest cherry trees came to be donated
to our meeting by the Japanese government.

Historical Re-enactors

Hear the
stories of Underground Railroad Agent William Still,
abolitionist and suffragette Lucretia Mott, and
others. How many locals were slavery sympathizers or
not? Were Quakers really pacificists? Is there any
truth to the legend of a witch being buried in
Merion?

Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides

Experience 1850s-style transportation on the Great
Conestoga Road -- now known as Montgomery Avenue --
for a small fee.

Antebellum Foods

Handcrafted
hot and cold dishes of the 1800s will be available
for sale.

Textile Display

Quilts
and their significance to the period will be
presented, as well as clothing styles from the time.

Games and Crafts for
Children

Young
people will enjoy the “game of graces”, rolling a
hoop, making a bonnet from paper, and other
diversions from the 1850s. Learn how children
entertained themselves without screens.

Silhouette Cutting

Before
selfies and the Instax camera, there were silhouette
artisans. Capture your loved ones with this timeless
craft.

Blacksmith Demonstration

Watch a
blacksmith ply his trade and artistry, just as would
have occurred daily at the General Wayne Smithy
across the way (now the Krinsky Camp complex).